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sm_jamieson wrote:
On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 4:42:20 PM UTC, The Natural Philosopher
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On 05/03/13 07:21, Windmill wrote:


Dogs are the same. Floppy ears only occur in wolf pups. For example.
Dogs are bred to remain puppyish for the whole of their lives.


And cats. Grown up wild cats do not meow, only kittens do.
They remain in a kitten state when being bred and/or treated as pets.
Very interesting documentary about this last year sometime.

I wish I had seen that one. However
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHZJrx7RZ2w was the first hit on google.

BTW, manis RIP, died a week last tuesday


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geoff